简介:Thepurposeofthepaperistoestablishatheoryoftheconstantheatfluxratioacrossthefrozenlayerbasedonthedimensionalanalysisofthesystemequationsdescribingthefreezingprocesses.Ananalyticalmodelisthendeveloped,utilizingthistheory,forsolvingtheplanar,cylindricalandsphericalfreezingproblemswithbothinwardandoutwardfreezing.Asthereisnoexactsolutionavailableforthecylindricalandsphericalfreezingprocesses,thetemperaturedistributionintheplanarsolidificationobtainedfromthemodeliscomparedwiththeexactsolution.Theyareinexcellentagreement.Forthecylindricalandsphericalfreezing,thecompleteinwardsolidificationtimescalculatedbythemodelarecomparedwiththoseobtainedfromreferences.Theresultsareingoodagreement.Thegreatadvantageoftheproposedmodelisitssimplicityandissufficientlyaccurateformostpracticalapplications